Biography

Reyna Grande was born in the city of Iguala (also the birthplace of the Mexican flag) in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero. She is the youngest of three siblings born in Mexico and has a brother and sister born in the U.S. Her childhood home was a shack made of bamboo sticks with tar-covered cardboard for a roof. When Grande was four years old, her parents moved to the United States, leaving her to be raised by her grandparents. When she was nine years old, her father returned and brought the three siblings across the U.S.-Mexico border into California.